Acts 3:1
Now Peter and John were going up to the Temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 29:39One lamb is to be offered in the morning and the other in the evening:
1 Kings 18:36Then at the time of the offering, Elijah the prophet came near and said, O Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be seen this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things by your order.
Daniel 6:10\6:9\For this reason King Darius put his name on the writing and the order.
Matthew 17:1And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James, and John, his brother, and makes them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves.
Luke 1:10And all the people were offering prayers outside, at the time of the burning of perfumes.
Luke 23:44And it was now about the sixth hour; and all the land was dark till the ninth hour;
Matthew Henry on Acts 3:1
In this chapter we have a miracle and a sermon: the miracle wrought to make way for the sermon, to confirm the doctrine that was to be preached, and to make way for it into the minds of the people; and then the sermon to explain the miracle, and to sow the ground which by it was broken up. I. The miracle was the healing of a man that was lame from his birth, with a word speaking ( ver. 1-8 ), and the impression which this made upon the people, ver. 9-11 . II. The scope of the sermon which was preached here upon… Read the whole commentary →